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Henry Larsen's Northwest Passages

Henry Larsen's Northwest Passages

| 27 min

Norwegian-born Superintendent Henry Larsen of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was the first man to navigate the Northwest Passage in both directions. In this film he relates anecdotes of his voyages in the tiny schooner, the St. Roch.


Credits
  • producer
    David Bairstow
  • photography
    Eugene Boyko
  • sound
    Leo O'Donnell
  • editing
    John Kemeny

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